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Husch Blackwell Launches AI-Based CXT for Complex Torts Defense: A 'Concierge Support Model'

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:59:05 EST

Husch Blackwell this week launched a new artificial intelligence-focused platform, called CXT (Complex Torts), which will focus on the management and defense of complex litigation such as mass torts.

Legaltech Rundown: Leah Launches Leah Contracting, Relativity Renames RelativityOne to RelativityaiR, and More

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:47:17 EST

An update on the legal tech market's past week, from product launches to new partnerships.

OpenAI Launches Legal-Specific Configuration of GPT-6 Astra, Its Latest LLM

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:59:59 EST

The company said Astra for Law is target at Am Law 200 firms and legal tech vendors, and provided details on its co-development partnerships with Sullivan & Cromwell, Ropes & Gray, Skadden and Cooley.

Involving Legal Early in Product Design Is Recipe for Success, Tech Lawyers Say

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:59:14 EST

Contrast that to the "age-old process" where "the product is built and then they say to legal, 'Come in and look at this.' Then you're bootstrapping things on top. It's not right, and there's a lot of friction, usually," said Kirupa Pushparaj, CLO of Mews.

AAA President, CEO Bridget McCormack to Join Clio as General Manager of Judiciary

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:59:59 EST

McCormack will lead and bridge Clio's business strategy with the judiciary and court officials. McCormack's appointment comes several weeks after Clio announced the appointment of Pablo Arredondo to help lead the same judiciary team.

Why Parker Poe Hosted an AI Workshop for General Counsel and Corporate Leaders

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:18:25 EST

The firm paired its own attorneys with in-house heads and other executives to see where AI may change the outside counsel relationship.

WIPL 2026 Takeaways: Keeping Up With Ever-Changing AI Risks

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:33:34 EST

Panelists at the 2026 Women, Influence, Power and the Law conference discussed their strategies for identifying and responding to the constantly evolving, multipronged risks of AI use within their organizations.

Lithuanian IP Startup EnforceShield Announces 1.7 million Seed Funding Round

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:52:29 EST

The company, which operates a U.S. subsidiary, will devote the new funds to expanding its platform into broader IP lifecycle management.

Wolters Kluwer Introduces Agentic AI Tool for Outside Counsel Management

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:59:59 EST

The new offering is designed to help legal departments compare firms on factors including rates, billing guideline compliance and staffing ratios.

5 Things We Found Interesting From the 2026 ILTA Tech Survey

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:25:13 EST

Law firms are becoming more receptive to agentic AI and expanding the duties of AI task forces, even as concerns grow around the technology's cost and potential impact on lawyers' skill development.

Morgan & Morgan Has Been 'Quietly Building' Its Own In-House Artificial Intelligence Platform

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:11:56 EST

The personal injury giant has thus far sunk $300 million into its MX2 AI program and plans an overall investment of $1 billion over the next 10 years.

Legora to Add Legal Research, AI Citator to Platform Next Month

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:54:29 EST

The company built its legal research database by partnering with U.S. companies like Wolters Kluwer and international publishers like Tirant lo Blanch from Spain.

'Have I Captured a Biometric Identifier?': Privacy Litigators Wait for Answers on Court's Split

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:59:59 EST

Litigators are watching to see if one case pending in the federal court in Chicago could be the driver in answering whether a biometric identifier must identify a specific person for an individual to have a valid claim under the state's heavily litigated Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Italian Legal AI Provider Lexroom Acquires European Legal Tech Startups Query Juriste and Praven Intelekt

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:50:59 EST

The acquisitions will bring Lexroom's legal research, document analysis and drafting features to France and Bulgaria.

Legaltech Rundown: American Arbitration Association CEO and President to Step Down, Clio Launches Platform in Spain, and More

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:26:15 EST

An update on the legal tech market's past week, from product launches to new partnerships.

Due Diligence Software Provider Xapien Announces $56M in Funding

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:59:59 EST

Xapien plans to leverage the funding to expand its U.S. presence, specifically in Boston.

Forget Buy Vs. Build, It's All About Law Firm/Tech Partnerships

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:43:51 EST

When it comes to “buy vs. build, the consensus is moving towards neither—and both. Law firms have adeptly found a middle ground to a question that, from the start, belied the complexity of legal AI era.

Move Faster or Get Bypassed: AI Is Raising the Cost of a Slow Legal Department

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:12:00 EST

At a discussion Thursday during Running Legal Like a Business Conference in Las Vegas, panelists explored how AI should help move legal expertise, data and risk intelligence closer to the point where the business makes decisions.

'You Can't Hide Anymore': Stanford Tackles Tech Transformation With Legal Engineering Academy

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:17:55 EST

Stanford Law School is hosting a program to define and train the next generation of legal engineers, a role that has grown in prominence as law firms and legal teams face growing pressure to adopt AI.

Better Performance, but at What Cost? Evaluating LLMs for Legal Research

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:59:28 EST

A new benchmark finds that LLMs struggle to complete legal research tasks on their own, even as users pay a premium for the most advanced models.

White & Case Invests in Former Saudi Lawyer's AI Company

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:18:26 EST

Former White & Case local partner Waad Alkurini founded a Saudi AI company, a trend already seen in the U.S.

‘Facebook Kept Telling Us It Was OK': New Mexico AG Opens New Trial Against Meta

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:27:46 EST

The trial, which is expected to last four weeks in Santa Fe's First Judicial District Court, addresses alleged misstatements Facebook made amid the Cambridge Analytica scandal about user data.